About Abundant Life Christian Fellowship Church

Abundant Life Christian Fellowship is a contemporary Christian church with a focus on transforming lives and empowering people. Pentecostal in tradition the church focuses on bringing the Bible to life in a way that people are able to apply its teachings to everyday life in the 21st Century.

Church should be one of the safest havens in society and for us as a group of believers we endeavour to function in a manner which creates an atmosphere of trust and dependability that is so sadly lacking in life today. An invitation is extended to the reader to visit us and enjoy the company of a group of people who have found the answer to life’s challenges today.

Attendance comprises all age ranges with meetings each Sunday at our church and Home groups through the week conducted in a warm, supportive and friendly environment. We are a family church holding to the traditional family unit of Dad, Mum and the children being the nucleus of society, which properly functioning brings stability to each member and ultimately affecting society for the better.

History of Abundant Life Christian Fellowship Golden Square VIC

ALCF Church History

Abundant Life Christian Fellowship commenced in Bendigo in 1989. The church was established under the auspices of the Full Gospel Churches of Australia initially through Pastor’s Leo and Marlene Bennett. The church was after a short time handed over to the pastoral leadership of Pastor’s Norm and Pat Arthur and Pastor’s Jack and Heather Glenister who laid the foundation for the ministry of the church.

Early meetings were conducted in the RSL hall in Pall Mall and at such places as the YMCA in Mundy Street, Golden Square Elderly Citizens Centre and Long Gully Community Centre. The church was searching for a property that would be a permanent place of worship for some time until 1993 when land in Golden Square was purchased and subsequent construction of a church building was embarked upon being completed in time for Easter 1996 when the first church service was conducted in ”our own” building. The church is now situated on 6 acres of land in MacKenzie Street West, Golden Square.

A new stage in the life of Abundant Life Christian Fellowship commenced in January of 1999 when Pastor’s Norm and Pat and Jack and Heather appointed Pastor’s Trevor and Judy Davis to lead the church as both couples entered retirement.

The church entered a period of numerical growth and a new building program which saw the construction, completed in 2005, of a new sanctuary which holds around 300 people. During this period the church became part of the ministerial group Ministers Fellowship International and also added to its staff Pastor Andy and Shelley Turner who were part of the team from 200 until 2004 when they returned to New Zealand.

The Davis’s moved to New Zealand in 2007 at which time Pastor’s Graeme and Thea Godenzi were appointed as the new Pastor’s of the church.